Nadi Win At Home

Two goals in each spell were enough for the Vereti Dickson captainedJack’s Nadi side as they defeat Rewa 2-0 in the Vodafone Premier League match at Prince Charles Park, Nadi yesterday.

Nadi drew first blood in the 19th minute Ame Votoniu’s attempt o deflected off Rewa midfielder Amani Makoe which caught goalkeeper Benito Waqavou napping.

Nadi 1- 0 Rewa. Nadi came out firing in the second half when a Rahul Krishna run saw him create space for Christopher Kumar to blast in the second goal.

“We managed to get the three points which was very important however we failed to utilise our goal scoring opportunities.” “We will go back to the drawing board and work on our next match against Ba.” Govind Park, Ba yesterday.

The visitors started on a high note as they applied pressure on the Ba defence. The Ba defenders held their ground and opted to lodge their counter attacks.

The move paid dividend in the 29th minute when striker Abbu Zahid broke away and slotted in the first goal.

Ba 1 –0 Dreketi

Ba got a shock when Dreketi equalised in the 53rd minute. A Daniel Dass strike saw the ball zig-zagged its way into the back of the net. The visitors soon were a man down when striker Anish Khem got a red card. But it was defender Sami that came to Ba’s rescue when he rifled in the winning goal in the 74th minute

“The red card in the second half cost us the game.” “Our boys played two games in 24 hours and this three point was important for us.” beat Tavua 2-0 during the Vodafone Premier League clash at Garvey Park, Tavua yesterday.

Both teams were scoreless in the first half. After a pep talk from coach, Gurjit Singh, the Suva football side came back firing at the start of the second half. Continuous pressure saw Tavua penalised and nippy striker Sahil Dave scored from the spot kick. Leading 1-0

Suva never looked back as Bruce Hughes slammed in their second goal to seal the win.

“The team knew they will have to perform, not only for the VPL but also the build-up to the IDC.”

“It was not that we tried our best but Suva was good as well. “We need to stay in the Premier League and we need points so we will need a win. “Getting the team together every day for training is something we will need to work on”